Russia reports more than 6,400 new coronavirus cases

FILE PHOTO: Medical specialists walk outside the I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine amid the outbreak of the coronavirus disease in Saint Petersburg

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Wednesday reported 6,422 new coronavirus cases, pushing its confirmed national tally to 746,369, the fourth highest in the world.

Officials said 156 people had died of the virus in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 11,770.

(Reporting by Gleb Stolyarov; Writing by Alexander Marrow; editing by John Stonestreet)